The Adventure That Started A Company

Seeing the South Fork of the Flathead River for the first time in 2011, was really where the idea of starting a packraft rental company began. We had camped at the confluence that forms the South Fork and as we ate fish tacos and smoked pipes, we pondered what might lie down-river. Unfortunately we could only be gone for four days that trip, so instead of finding out, we had to head back the next morning. As we hiked, we kept trying to think of a way we could go the length of the South Fork in a week and still have plenty of time for fishing and off-trail exploration. Of course rafting occurred to us, but at that point we thought rafting required horses to pack in. Even for a Montana ranch kid, horses exponentially complicated the logistics and costs involved.